Purse or wallet protector



A. WHITENAOK Purse or Wallqj; Pro t'ectorL No. 225,088. Patented Mar.2,11880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM WHITENAOK, OF EDINBURG, ILLINOIS.

PURSE OR WALLET PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,088, dated March 2,1880.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM WHITENACK, of the village of Edinbnrg, inthe county of Christian and State of Illinois, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Safety Purse- Holders or Pickpoeket-Detecters,ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a purse or wallet protector, for the purpose ofpreventing the loss of the same by theft or accident.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 is a view of my improved device attachedto a purse or wallet. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same.

The device is constructed of a single piece of wire bent to form theloops or parts A, B, O, and D. The purpose of the loops is thatApplication filed December 15, 1879.

a purse orwallet may be secured between them by means of the long loop Dbeing bent downward and. backward across the top of the purse and overthe loop 0, forming a clamp which holds the purse secure. The smallbooks A are for the purpose of securing the device to a pocket.

What I claim is An improved purse-protector consisting of the wire framebent to form the parts A, B, G, and D, adapted to be secured to a pocketand to clamp a purse or wallet, all substano tially as shown anddescribed.

ABRAHAM WHITENAGK.

Witnesses:

IsAAo S. GoLDMAN, O. L. GARLIN.

